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Fiction featuring Care Experience

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Bodies of Light

Jennifer Down

2021

This is the story of a woman who begins her life as Maggie Sullivan in the state care system of Victoria, South Australia and, when the story concludes she is middle aged Holly living in the United States. Between Maggie and Holly She is Josephine/Jo/Josie who has fled Australia and taken up residence in New Zealand - until she meets a good American man and follows him to the States.

Children and young people in social care, and those who have left, are often subject to stigmatisation and discrimination. Being stigmatised and discriminated against can impact negatively on mental health and wellbeing not only during the care experience but often for many years after too. The project aims to contribute towards changing community attitudes towards care experienced people as a group. See glossary HERE


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